Huskers Start Strong at Hawkeye Invitational

Iowa City, Iowa - The Nebraska swimming
and diving team began competition in the Hawkeye Invitational at the University
of Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center on Friday.

Nebraska
started the evening's finals with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The
team of Ariel Weech, Hayley Martin, Shannon Guy, and Taryn Collura edged out
Michigan by 71 hundredths of a second as they finished with a time of 1:31.07.

In
the second finals event, Bailey Pons took third in the 500-yard freestyle with
a season-best time of 4:48.32. Katt Sickle and Morgan Flannigan finished
eleventh and thirteen in the event, respectively.

In
the diving well, Payton Michaud took seventh place in the one-meter dive with a
score of 261.35. Nicole Schwery, Kailey Harmon, and Amy Herman finished tenth,
13th, and 16th, respectively.